Acute liver failure is a dangerous disease that causes liver malfunction. It may heal or require, in cases with a more severe course, a liver transplant
Forest fires in Germany: in response to the request for support received by the Emergency Response Coordination Centre in Brussels from the German authorities, the Civil Protection Department yesterday ordered the dispatch of two Canadair…
In EMS, we have seen advances and changes come about in airway management in the past several years, but oral intubation is still the best way to gain complete airway control in patients that are unable to control it themselves
Alpha-1 acid glycoprotein is a member of the class of mucoproteins and is synthesised by the liver. It is considered to be a marker for acute inflammation, whether caused by infection or other diseases
An arm sling holds the forearm in a raised or horizontal position and can support an injured upper arm, forearm and wrist. The sling is also a useful visual warning to others that someone is injured
Lasègue sign is one of the so-called 'meningeal signs', i.e. a group of signs used in neurological semeiotics to detect possible pathological processes of the meninges.
Kartagener syndrome is a special type of primary ciliary dyskinesia in which the 'situs inversus with dextrocardia' is also present, with the heart with a right apex and the liver on the left, i.e. in an inverted position compared to normal